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I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation. Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything or creating anything. Period. If you ain't desperate at some point, you ain't interesting.

Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything, or creating anything. Period. If you ain't desperate at some point, you ain't interesting.

There's a real sense of desperation when you grow up in poverty.

Desperation is a fact of life in many poor, overcrowded countries.

In life you need either inspiration or desperation.

Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.

We all need money, but there are degrees of desperation.

Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.

I am convinced after more than 50 years in the field of motivation that anyone who wants to learn to look at life and/or their circumstances in a positive light can do so.

Many of us have felt that sense of desperation - of urgency - when we learn that we or someone we love is fighting for their life.